2016届吉林省吉林市高三第三次调研测试英语(解析版)

2016届吉林省吉林市高三第三次调研测试英语(解析版)
2016届吉林省吉林市高三第三次调研测试英语
Modern life can be stressful. It’s full of pressure and hardships, worries and annoyances. But after years of being dosed up by doctors and seeking solutions on the self-help shelves, can most common complaints be cured through your next holiday?
The festival doctor will see you now.
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of your
favorite
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festival
in June.
A week at Liverpool’s
matchmaking festival
could be a choice as
Ireland’s mythical
matchmakers (媒人)
have been pairing
lovers together for
centuries. Try to find
Willie Dally, a
fourth-generation
matchmaker, for your
best chance of ever
lasting love. Those who
touch his lucky book
are said to fall in love
and marry within six
months.
1．When celebrating the festival Just for
Laugh in Montreal, you will __________.
A. empty your mind with meditation sessions
B. burst into tears by watching comedy films
C. be thrilled and your depression will be removed
D. have discussions on the meaning of life 2． If you are thinking too much about work, you can spend a few days at _________.
A. the Wanderlust Festival
B. Ireland’s matchmaking festival
C. Just for Laughs
D. How The Light Gets In
3．According to the passage, we can learn the festival doctor specializes in _________.
A. offering a cure through the festival form
B. celebrating the festivals with the patients
C. treating people falling ill during festivals
D. listening to people’s complaints during festivals
On a hot summer day in America a little boy decided to go for a swim in the old swimming hole behind his house. He dived into the cool water, not realizing that as he swam towards the middle of the lake, a crocodile (鳄鱼) was swimming toward him.
His mother in the house was looking out of the window and saw the two as they got closer and closer. In great fear, she ran toward the water, shouting to her son as loudly as she could. Hearing her voice, the little boy became alarmed and made a U-turn to swim to his mother. It was too late. Just as he reached her, the crocodile reached him. From the shore, the mother grabbed her little boy by the arms just as the crocodile snatched his legs. That began an incredible tug-of-war (拔河) between the two. The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard their screams, raced from his truck, took
aim and shot the crocodile.
Remarkably, after weeks and weeks in the hospital, the little boy survived. His legs were extremely scarred by the attack of the animal. And, on his arms, were deep scratches where his mother's fingernails dug into his flesh in her effort to hang on to the son she loved.
The newspaper reporter, who interviewed the boy, asked if he would show him his scars. The boy lifted his legs. And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my Mom wouldn’t let go.”
Never judge another person's scars, because you don't know how they were made. 4．Which of the following is most related to the underlined word “passionate”?
A. Anxious.
B. Determined.
C. Frightened.
D. Courageous.
5．By saying “But look at my arms. I have
great scars on my arms, too” in the fourth paragraph, the boy really wants to show__________.
A. how many scars and scratches he had
B. how deep the scars made by the crocodile were
C. how great and beloved his mother was
D. what a brave and courageous boy he was 6．In the story the writer intends to tell us that __________.
A. scars always remind people of their past experiences
B. it’s dangerous to swim alone in the water
C. the boy also feels painful in his mind
D. scars do not necessarily mean pain at all times
7．Which of the following will be the best title for the text?
A. A Terrible Experience
B. Women Hold up Half the Sky
C. Scars of Love
D. Don't Judge by Appearances
Studying abroad will shape you in various ways. You will learn things you never would have if you had stayed home. When you are young and unattached, you should travel. Besides, you just might save a large sum of money. College is expensive in the United States. It’s cheap or free in other countries even for foreigners, so why not get out of here and come back smarter? More and more American students are currently studying at German colleges. That number has increased 20% over the last three years. Living costs are about $7,000 a year, which is even lower than in other European countries. Germany encourages international students. They create a multicultural landscape that benefits German students as well. According to a new report, Germany is home to six of the world’s 100 best universities. These schools offer around 900 degrees completely in English and
many German students speak the language. You could be part of Finland’s excellent education system. The Finns charge no tuition and offer a number of courses purely in English. They would be happy for you to add flavor to their school scene. Cost of living there is high. Be prepared for frosty winters that far north, but you will get that sweet midnight sun in the summer.
Many other European nations offer cheap or free college for foreign students, but if South America is more your thing, try Brazil. Most of the education will take place in Portuguese, so if that is in your plan you can study near beautiful beaches and jungles. The University of Sao Paulo and State University of Campinas are both highly ranked internationally. Your money will go a long way there, too.
Many of the lessons you will learn will be outside the classroom. Living on the economy in a foreign country will keep you on your
toes. You will learn new customs, how to bargain, stay safe, budget and become more flexible with people. There is no better way to learn a language than by immersing yourself in it. At first, it will be the toughest thing you have ever done. Eventually, it will become second nature. 8．German universities are popular among US students mainly because _________.
A. they offer a multicultural landscape
B. they belong to the world’s best ones
C. the cost of living there is reasonable
D. the students can get their degrees easily 9．The fourth paragraph suggests that __________.
A. students can learn to earn some money after class
B. many universities are surrounded by beautiful sceneries
C. Brazil provides excellent education to foreign students
D. students needn’t worry about their
expense in Brazil
10．Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Foreign students are welcomed in Finland.
B. Studying abroad wisely can reduce your expense.
C. Students can learn English well only by learning abroad.
D. Cost of living in Finland is high because of its special climate.
11．What is the author’s attitude in the last paragraph?
A. Critical.
B. Encouraging.
C. Doubtful.
D. Objective.
For many men, the idea that they have a better sense of direction than women has been improved by a scientific study. Researchers from Norway scanned on the brains of volunteers as they completed navigation (导航) tasks to discover men are more skillful at finding their way because
they use a separate part of their brain. According to lead researcher Dr. Cal Pintzka from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), men and women have different navigational strategies.
Med use basic directions—the use of north, south, east and west—during navigation to a greater degree. Men’s sense of direction was more effective. They quite simply got to their destination faster. “If they’re going to the Students Society building in Trodheim, for example, men usually go into the general direction where it is located.” Dr. Pintzka explained.
Women usually orient (标定方向) themselves along a route to get there, for example, go past the hairdresser and then up the street and turn right after the shore.
The study shows that using the basic directions is more efficient because it is a more flexible strategy. The destination can be reached faster because the strategy
depends less on where you start. Meanwhile, the study also shows both men and women use large areas of the brain when they navigate, but some areas were different. The man used the hippocampus (海马体) more, whereas women use their frontal areas to a greater extent. That degrees with the fact that the hippocampus is necessary to make use of basic directions. Losing one’s sense of direction is one of the first symptoms in Alzheimer’s disease.
Understanding how men and women use different brain areas and strategies to navigate, researchers will be able to enhance the understand of the disease’s development, and develop coping strategies for those already affected.
12． How are men different from women in navigation?
A. They use a separate part of their brain.
B. They deal with navigation in complex ways.
C. They make different actions to the road signs.
D. They form different images of road conditions.
13． What strategy do men usually take to find a place?
A. Finding out all possible routes.
B. Remembering all the landmarks.
C. Making out the general direction.
D. Drawing a general map of the place. 14．Why is men’s strategy more efficient?
A. Because it is much easier to be carried out.
B. Because it is more helpful to identify roads.
C. Because it is simpler for telling directions.
D. Because it is less limited by the starting place.
15．What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Getting to the destination is no more a difficult thing.
B. Men have a better sense of direction than women.
C. Alzheimer’s disease can be prevented effectively.
D. Hippocampus is playing a key role in navigation.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空
白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Many of us feel sleepy in winter, but other species often take it a step further and hibernate (冬眠). 16． The body slows down and breathing, temperature and metabolic and heart rate all decrease. Dormice (睡鼠) head underground and hedgehogs (刺猬) hunker down in their nests. Hibernation seems to do them good. But human cannot bed down for long periods. 17． To work out why we do not, first we need to find out why animals do. The most obvious reason for hibernating is to avoid
the cold. Conditions are harsh and there is little food to eat, as fewer plants are growing. 18．Then they live off body-fat reserves until it’s time to wake up.
But a 2015 study of dormice found that they continued hibernating even when cold conditions had ended. 19． The key issue seemed to be connected with their main food: beech trees. The dormice need their seeds to reproduce, or for the baby dormice to gain enough body fat. In a harvest year, they produce plenty of seeds. Somehow the dormice could predict it. Otherwise, they stop reproduction these years and increase their survival by staying underground. 20． By staying out of sight, the dormice avoided being hunted by their predators (天敌) like owls. Until recently people thought hibernation was just about energy saving, a defense against cold weather and food shortage, and now we think it’s more
predator avoidance. The survival rates in hibernation are close to 100%.
A. So obviously there are other reasons.
B. They were hibernating underground to save energy.
C. Hibernation is an extended period of energy-saving state.
D. All kinds of animals hibernate, from insects to birds and primates.
E. Why, if it is so beneficial, do we not hibernate?
F. The dormice had another reason to stay underground.
G. So many animals fatten themselves up during summer.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Whenever my child caused me to change my
schedule, I thought to myself, “We don’t have time for this.” _________ , the two words I most commonly spoke to my child were: “Hurry up”But my promise to _________was made almost three years ago, and I began my journey to grasp what _________in life. My younger daughter is my living _________of why I must keep trying. In fact, the other day, she reminded me once again.
The two of us had taken a bike ride to the _________ . After buying a cool treat for my daughter, she sat down at a table in _________ admiring the ice cream she held in her hand. Suddenly a look of worry _________ on her face. “Do I have to rush, Mama?”
I could have _________ .Perhaps the pains of a _________ life don’t ever completely disappear, I thought sadly. As my child looked up at me waiting to know _________ she could take her time, I knew I
had a(n) _________ . I could sit there _________ about the number of times when I rushed my child through life….or I could celebrate the fact that today I’m trying to do things _________ . I chose to live in today.
“You don’t have to rush. Just take your time,” I said in a(n) _________ way. Her whole face instantly brightened and her shoulders _________ . And so we sat side by side talking about things that interested us.
When she got to the last bite, she held out a spoonful of ice crystals and sweet juice for me. “I _________ the last bite for you, Mama,” my daughter said _________ . As I left the icy goodness put out my thirst, I _________ I just got the deal of a lifetime. I gave my child a little time…and_________ , she gave me her last bite and reminded me that things taste sweeter and love is _________ to get when you stop
rushing through life.
21．A. However B. Instead C. Therefore D. Besides
22．A. speed up B. slow down C. give up D. keep on
23．A. works B. happens C. minds D. matters
24．A. reminder B. message C. example D. guide
25．A. church B. park C. supermarket D. school
26．A. relief B. sorrow. C. advance D. delight
27．A. brought in B. turned up C. went by D. made up
28．A. cried B. hated C. wondered D. regretted
29．A. difficult B. desperate C. hurried D. terrified
30．A. when B. if C. how D. what
31．A. duty B. chance C.
choice D. idea
32．A. thinking B. complaining C. worrying D. talking
33．A. differently B. vividly C. perfectly D. casually
34．A. angry B. obvious C. gentle D. cautious
35．A. raised B. relaxed C. shook D. trembled
36．A. saved B. tasted C. purchased D. rushed
37．A. frequently B. carefully C. proudly D. slowly
38．A. realized B. imagined C. expected D. remembered
39．A. in contrast B. in return C. in charge D. in control
40．A. harder B. better C. closer D. easier
语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文
连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的内容（不多于
3个单词），并将答案填写在答题卷标号为1-10
的相应位置上。

Do you shop online with websites 41． Taobao? When you make 42． order on Taobao, the money you pay doesn’t go directly to the sellers. Instead, it goes through Alipay, 43． keeps your money for
a while. After you receive your goods and click the “ confirm receipt(确认收货)”button, Alipay then gives the money to the sellers. This process 44． (call) “ third party online payment”. There is a transfer station(中转站)，or a third account , between sellers and buyers 45． (make) online shopping safe. Buyers don’t need to worry about paying for goods and then 46． (receive) nothing. Sellers also get rid of the risk of receiving no money after sending out goods.
These transfer stations are 47． (usual)
set up by payment service companies such as Alipay, Tenpay and Yeepay. Among them, Alipay is the biggest in China. It has more than 270 million active users, according to Xinhua. While most online sellers and shoppers like the third party online payment system, banks are not very 48． (satisfy) with it. That is 49．companies like Alipay are fighting over money with the banks. Users can invest in financial products through Alipay and make money. Thus lots of people 50． (choice) to put money in Alipay rather than in banks.
51．短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Frank joined the army after middle school. He did quite well in everything besides shooting. One day, the new soldiers were practiced shooting. Frank performed poorly while the rest was doing quite well. After he had shot at the target nine times but had not hit once, the officer shouted, “I had never seen such a fool! Don’t waste away your last bullet! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!” Frank went behind a wall, and a few seconds late the sound of a shot was heard by the officer and the other soldier. “Heavens!”the officer said. “ Has that silly man real done so?” He ran behind the wall anxiously, only find Frank standing there straight, saying, “ I’m
sorry, but I missed again.”
52．书面表达
假如你是李华，最近你所居住的城市（北京）的雾霾严重影响了人们的生活。

请根据写作要点给报社写一篇稿件反映这一问题。

写作要点：1. 雾霾带来的危害。

2. 你的建议。

注意：词数100左右。

参考词汇:雾霾 smog
参考答案
1．D
2．D
3．C
【解析】
试题分析：日常生活中因为竞争和压力，人们会有很多抱怨。

我们可以通过参加各项活动提升自己情绪。

1．D 推理判断题。

根据第二部分最后一句Apart from 250 comedy acts, there will be walkabout theatre, circus acts and lots of new comedy films to make you laugh to tears.
可知在Just for Laugh in Montreal中有很多戏剧，让你在笑的时候也在流泪。

让你体会了生活的真正的含义，才可以治愈的悲伤的情绪。

故D正确。

2．D 推理判断题。

根据第三部分标题Over- thinking，可知当我们想得过多的时候，就可以到英国参加How The Light Gets活动。

故D正确。

3．C 推理判断题。

根据But after years of being dosed up by doctors and seeking solutions on the self-help shelves, can most common complaints be cured through your next holiday? The festival doctor will see you now.可知festival doctor会在这些活动中对那些患病的人进行治疗。

故C项正确。

考点：考查布告类阅读
4．C
5．C
6．D
7．C
【解析】
试题分析：本文中介绍来了一位勇敢的母亲从鳄鱼嘴里救下了儿子，救儿子的过程中，她在儿子的胳膊上留下了伤痕，这些伤痕是爱的痕迹。

4．C 词义猜测题。

根据本句The crocodile was much stronger than the mother, but the mother was much too passionate to let go.鳄鱼比他母亲更强壮，但是这位母亲很害怕不敢松手。

因为一旦松了手，她儿子就会被鳄鱼拖进水里吃掉了。

该词指C项含义。

5．C 推理判断题。

根据第四段最后两句And then, with obvious pride, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my Mom wouldn’t let go.”可知男孩对于胳膊上的伤疤很自豪，因为那是他的母亲为了救他而留下的。

这正好可以说明妈妈多么爱他。

故C项正确。

6．D 推理判断题。

根据文章最后一句Never judge another person's scars, because you don't know how they were made可知不要根据别人的伤疤去判断他人，因为你不知道这些伤疤是如何留下的。

本文中的伤疤并不意味着痛苦，而指母亲对男孩的爱。

故D正确，
7．C 主旨大意题。

本文中介绍来了一位勇敢的母亲从鳄鱼嘴里救下了儿子，救儿子的过程中，她在儿子的胳膊上留下了伤痕，这些伤痕是爱的痕迹。

故C项与文章一致。

考点：考查记叙文阅读
8．A
9．D
10．B
11．D
【解析】
试题分析：本文介绍了出国学习英语是学习英语的有效方法，并介绍了世界各国对于国际生的态度以及部分教育信息。

8．A 细节理解题。

根据Germany encourages international students. They create a multicultural landscape that benefits German students as well.可知德国人创设了多元文化让德国学生和国际学生都从中收益。

这一情况很受美国学生的欢迎。

故A正确。

9．D 细节理解题。

根据第四段最后一句Your money will go a long way there, too.可知在
巴西，学费并不高，所以国际生不要过于担心学习的费用问题。

本段并未涉及A项内容，BC两项不够精确。

故D正确。

10．C 推理判断题。

作者指本文中提出出国学习语言是最好的学习方法，但是并没有说只有出国学习才可以学好英语，C项犯了绝对化的错误。

故C项符合题意。

11．B 态度意图题。

根据本段最后两句There is no better way to learn a language than by immersing yourself in it. At first, it will be the toughest thing you have ever done. Eventually, it will become second nature.作者认为没有让自己亲身参与更好的学习方式了，虽然开始的时候，我们可能会有困难。

但是最后一切都会很好。

这说明作者的对于这种学习方法是持鼓励态度的。

故B正确。

考点：考查教育类阅读
12．A
13．C
14．D
15．A
【解析】
试题分析：本文属于科普说明文，主要介绍了男性的方位感要比女性更好的科学原理。

12．A 细节理解题。

根据第二段第一句Researchers from Norway scanned on the brains of volunteers as they completed navigation (导航) tasks to discover men are more skillful at finding their way because they use a separate part of their brain.研究人员发现男性比女性更擅长辨别方向是因为男女辨别方向所使用的大脑部分不一样。

故A 正确。

13．C 细节理解题。

根据第三段最后一句“If they’re going to the Students Society building in Trodheim, for example, men usually go into the general direction where it is located.”可知男性主要是通过确定大概的方位来寻找具体的地点的。

故C项正确。

14．D 细节理解题。

根据第五段The study shows that using the basic directions is more efficient because it is a more flexible strategy. The destination can be reached
faster because the strategy depends less on where you start.可知男性确定方位的方法不受开始的方位的影响，更加灵活。

故D正确。

15．A 主旨大意题。

根据文章第一段For many men, the idea that they have a better sense of direction than women has been improved by a scientific study.可知本文主要讲述男性的方位感要比女性更好，在下文中给出了科学的解释。

故A正确。

【名师点睛】
本文前三题均属于细节题。

事实理解题主要考查学生对文章中的细节与具体事实的把握能力，内容涉及询问事实、原因、结果和目的等，属于浅层次的理解题，难度较低。

细节理解题的解题方法：
1. 跳读查找法。

这个方法的要点在于先看题干，带着问题读文章。

以what, who, where, when, why, how 提问的问题，可以从文章中直接找到答案。

同学们做这类题时可以边读边做记号，能加强阅读的针对性，提高做题的准确率，节省宝贵的时间，这是做事实细节题最基本也是最常用的方法。

一般
来说，细节题主要考查考生对某句话或某几句话的理解，同学们若能根据题干内容从原文中找到相关的句子，然后进行比较和分析，便可确定最佳答案。

另外，运用跳读查找法解题时，同学们要特别注意试题以及选项与原文之间的适当变换。

根据近几年的中考题情况来看，很少有直接用原文中的句子进行考查和测试的，通常要进行一定的处理，而这种“处理”主要就是进行语义转换，其中包括同义变换、概念解析、归纳事实等。

2. 排除法
排序题也属于事实细节题的一种题型，它通常出现在说明文中。

这类文章有明显的信息词，如first, to begin with, after that, afterwards, later, next, second, third, then, finally 等。

按照信息词的提示阅读，可以加快理解的进程。

在做细节排序题时，首先要确定首或尾的答案，通常四个选项中会有两个选项的顺序类似，正确答案往往在这两个选项中选择，找到两者的不同之处，回到原文，进行核对，一旦确定，后面的排序就不用再比较了。

3. 简单计算法
数字计算题也是事实细节题的一种，要求对文章中提到的数据进行简单的加减乘除运算，以便得出符合题目要求的数据。

解答这类题目时，考生首先要弄清题干的要求是什么，然后找到与它相关的数字，再对它们进行分析、整合，最后计算出正确答案。

细节题占阅读理解的比例很大，阅读时要特别注意以下几点：
第一，阅读时，利用这类关键词和词组that is to say, above all, especially, mainly等，把握文章的思路和脉络。

另外在问题的选项中表示绝对意义的词first （第一），least （最不），always （总是），never（永不），all（所有），none（一个也不），any（任何）和表示唯一性的词汇only（只有） , just（仅仅），往往是命题的陷阱，因此要多加注意。

第二，阅读时，必须以原文提供的事实、细节和逻辑关系为依据，切忌把自己的观点和看法与原文或作者的观点、看法混为一谈。

第三，文章中的数字、日期、时间都是设题的重点，此类题目很少是文章中表层出现的数字或日期，通常需要做简单的计算。

阅读能力的提高非一朝之功，需要一个过程。

同学们应该持之以恒，进行有计划、有目的的阅读实践，提高阅读能力。

考点：考查科普说明文阅读
16．B
17．E
18．G
19．A
20．F
【解析】
试题分析：本文属于说明文阅读，介绍了动物冬眠的原因：节省能量。

同时告诉我们有时候冬天结束以后，动物还在冬眠是因为他们等着食物的出现。

16．B 根据横线前句Many of us feel sleepy in winter, but other species often take it a step further and hibernate.可知其他动物在冬天会冬眠。

横线后句The body slows down and breathing, temperature and metabolic and heart rate all decrease.介绍冬眠的时候，动物的身体特征。

横线句必须是连接上下文，故B
项“They were hibernating underground to save energy.”符合上下文串联。

17．E 根据横线前两句Hibernation seems to do them good. But human cannot bed down for long periods.可知冬眠对动物是偶好处的，而我们人类是不可能睡那么长时间的。

因为动物的冬眠是为了节约能量。

故E项“Why, if it is so beneficial, do we not hibernate?既然冬眠有这么多的好处，那么为什么人类不冬眠的？”符合上下文串联。

18．G 根据横线后句Then they live off body-fat reserves until it’s time to wake up.可知冬眠的动物依靠储存在体内的能量过冬。

那么前句应该叙述动物在夏天努力储存一定的脂肪以备冬眠消耗。

故G项符合上下文串联。

19．A 根据前句But a 2015 study of dormice found that they continued hibernating even when cold conditions had ended.可知睡鼠在冬天结束以后还在冬眠。

那么肯定存在其他的原因，故A项“So obviously there are other reasons.”符合上下文串联。

20．F 根据横线后句By staying out of sight,
the dormice avoided being hunted by their predators (天敌) like owls.在介绍睡鼠继续冬眠的其他原因。

故F项“The dormice had another reason to stay underground”起着承上启下的作用，符合上下文串联。

考点：考查说明文阅读
21．C
22．B
23．D
24．A
25．C
26．D
27．B
28．A
29．C
30．B
31．C
32．A
33．A
34．C
35．B
36．A
37．C
38．A
39．B
40．D
【解析】
试题分析：作者之前是一个生活节奏很快的人，一直在催促孩子们快点快点，让家人的生活节奏也很快。

但在超市里给女儿多一点时间吃冰激凌以后，女儿给她省下了一勺冰激凌，让她感觉到生活其实不需要那么着急，慢一点会让我们更容易感受到爱。

21．C 考查上下文串联。

副词however然而；instead代替，而不是；therefore因此；besides 而且；前一句说“我们没有时间做这件事”，后句：从我嘴里对孩子说出来的最常见的两个字是“快点”；说明上下文是因果关系，所以使用therefore。

故C正确。

22．B 考查上下文串联。

根据第三段叙述的内容可知女儿吃冰激凌这件事情让我意识到生活实际上不要那么着急，要学会把生活的节奏减慢，让我们过着慢节奏的生活。

所以B项“slow down”
符合上下文。

23．D 考查动词辨析。

动词work工作，起作用；happen发生，碰巧；mind介意；matter重要，有关系；作者三年前做出了要放慢生活节奏的允诺，我开始我的旅行去理解生活中真正重要的事情。

本句中what matters in life作为动词grasp 的宾语。

只有D项与上下文语义一致。

24．A 考查上下文串联。

名词reminder提醒人/物；message消息；example例子；guide指导，导游；我的女儿就是那个提醒我一直要这样做的人。

与后一句在的remind相呼应。

故A正确。

25．C 考查上下文串联及生活常识。

根据后半句After buying a cool treat for my daughter 我给女儿买了冰激凌，这说明我们一起去了超市。

ABD三个对方是买不到冰激凌的。

故C正确。

26．D 考查名词辨析。

名词relief欣慰，安慰；sorrow悲伤，难受；advance进步，提前；delight 快乐；我给女儿买了冰激凌，她很开心地看着手里拿的冰激凌。

ABC三项与语境不符。

27．B 考查动词短语辨析。

短语bring in介绍，引进；turn up出现，调高；go by经过；make up 化妆，编造，弥补，组成；突然担忧的表情出现
在女儿脸上。

因为之前我一直要求快节奏的生活，总是在催促孩子快点快点。

女儿想慢慢吃冰激凌，但是又怕我催她。

所以才会有担忧的表情。

故B正确。

28．A 考查动词辨析。

动词cry哭；hate讨厌；wonder想知道；regret遗憾，后悔；听到女儿这样说，我差点哭了起来。

多年以来快节奏生活的痛苦还没有彻底消失。

女儿连吃冰激凌都担心被我催促。

我很难受，所以A正确。

29．C 考查上下文串联。

根据文章第一段可知我一直都在催促孩子们要快点，所以孩子们已经习惯了快节奏的生活，现在连吃冰激凌都担心被妈妈催促。

故C正确。

30．B 考查宾语从句。

本句中if意为“是否”，引导宾语从句。

女儿抬头看着我等着想知道她是否可以慢慢吃冰激凌。

其余三项与上文的语义不符。

故B正确。

31．C 考查名词辨析。

名词duty责任；chance 机会，可能性；choice选择；idea观点；在那时我有了一个选择，我要让孩子的节奏彻底慢下来。

所以C正确。

32．A 考查动词短语辨析。

短语think about考
虑；complain about抱怨；worry about担忧；talk about谈论；我就开始思考我有多少次催促孩子快点。

所以A正确。

33．A 考查上下文串联。

根据下文可知作者告诉女儿慢慢吃，不要着急。

而之前她一直催促女儿。

说明这次她做事的方法和以前不一样了。

故A正确。

34．C 考查形容词辨析。

形容词angry生气的；obvious明显的；gentle温和的；cautious谨慎的；我用一种温柔的语气对女儿说：你不要急，慢慢吃。

从说话的内容看出作者也应该是很温和地对女儿说这样的话。

故C正确。

35．B 考查上下文串联。

女儿之前很担心我催促她快点，但是我让她慢慢吃。

这让她一下子就放松了下来，可以慢慢享用冰激凌了。

所以B项正确。

36．A 考查动词辨析。

动词save节约，节省；taste品尝；purchase购买；rush奔跑；女儿把一勺冰激凌给我吃，告诉我这是她省给我吃的。

这让我很感动。

故A正确。

37．C 考查副词辨析。

副词frequently频繁地；carefully细心地；proudly骄傲地；slowly缓
慢地；女儿能够从自己非常喜欢的冰激凌中省下一口给妈妈吃，对她来说这是很骄傲的事情。

ABD 三项与语义不符。

38．A 考查动词辨析。

动词realize意识到；imagine想象；expect期待；remember记得；在这个时代我意识到我做了一个一辈子最大的交易，我给孩子一点时间，作为回报孩子给了一勺冰激凌。

这是我心里意识到的事情。

故A正确。

39．B 考查介词辨析。

介词短语in contrast作为对比；in return作为回报；in charge负责；in control控制；我给女儿一点点时间，她回报给我的是一勺省下来的冰激凌。

故B正确。

40．D 考查形容词辨析。

形容词harder更困难的；better更好的；closer更接近的；easier 更容易的；在生活中当我们不再催促的时候，事物会更甜蜜，也更容易得到爱了。

故D正确。

【名师点睛】
完形填空题除了注重考查考生对语境的理解外，还经常在完形填空的短文中设臵前后互相暗示的考题。

这里需要注意的是：若是前面暗示后面，做题相对来说比较容易。

但从对历届考题的研究情况来看，这种暗示多为后面暗示前面，也就是。